Category: The Middle East
Observations, posts and pages relevant to the Middle East
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Part II — AI, Prophecy, and the Architecture of a Self‑Fulfilling World
By Jeremiah Josey, AI and Middle East Expert Continued from Part I. It begins almost innocuously: a philosopher asks whether an artificial intelligence, when trained upon every human prophecy, becomes a prophet itself. Once fed the quatrains of Nostradamus and the dictations of Baba Vanga, the machine no longer interprets belief; it re‑enacts it. Patterns calcify…
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Part I – The Prophecies Align: Nostradamus, Baba Vanga, and the Inevitable Unravelling of Israel
Baba Vanga, Geopolitics, Global Issues Affecting all of Us, Iran, Israel, Nostradamus, The Middle EastWorlds apart, separate by time, today we converge on their truths In speculative circles—a realm straddling mysticism, astronomy, and apocalyptic historiography—there are few juxtapositions as electrifying as the prophecies of Nostradamus and Baba Vanga. Each, in their own century and idiom, foresaw the Middle East not as a stage of endless political tension, but as…
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Why the West Keeps Misreading Iran – On Purpose: A Resilient Tech Power, Not Another Iraq, Syria or Lybia, nor Lebanon
Defence Technology, Geopolitics, International Relations, Iran, Military Analysis, Oil, The Middle East, WealthWill Iran be the US’s last stand? Their second, penultimate Vietnam? Yes it will. Here’s why. The Islamic Republic of Iran has consistently been underestimated in Western strategic thinking because its internal structure and capabilities make it far more resilient than examples like Iraq, Syria, or Libya. Whilst Western politicians still sell their publics a…
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Morocco’s USD 150B Energy Revolution: How Thorium and Liquid Fission Could Make North Africa Energy Independent by 2035
King Mohammed VI Invites Thorium Network President Jeremiah Josey to Present Bold Plan: Replace USD 8B Annual Fossil Fuel Imports with Nuclear Hydrogen by 2035 In April 2025, Jeremiah Josey, President of The Thorium Network, received an invitation from the Institut Royal des Études Stratégiques (IRES) on behalf of His Majesty King Mohammed VI to present a transformative vision for North…
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Facilitating Türkiye’s Path to Advanced Thorium Energy
A story of intense political intrigue involving international companies, their governments and their people Rare Earth Elements, Thorium, Turkey Jeremiah Josey, Founder and Chairman at The Thorium Network, has played a pivotal role in bridging Türkiye’s national Thorium ambitions with global expertise and collaboration. From early engagement with government agencies like TENMAK to facilitating academic…
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Kuwait’s Green Future – Sunshine and Sunflowers – Article for Al Jarida 23 December 2016
How a nation built from sand and oil can move into sand and sun. This article was written for the Al Jarida newspaper and published on Saturday 23 December 2016. This article took a full page to discuss the economics of solar energy in Kuwait. It is published here on page 10: Al Jarida Article 23…
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MECi Group News Letter for 2015
A update on progress and activities and how to join us. Welcome to this year’s MECi Group newsletter. This will be brief. There’s lots going on. In this newsletter I’ll cover: But firstly a little bit about our focus for this year. Shifts in dynamics of world power suggests that this year is the time…
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Exponential Curves, Compounding Interest and Finite Resources
Why our earth needs nurturing and management, not raping and pillaging and how cars and bacteria can teach valuable lessons. “Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it … he who doesn’t … pays it.” Albert Einstein Has anyone wondered why the roads have become so congested so…
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The End of Oil? Oil Pricing for 2015 and the Rise of Solar Energy
Best Business Practices, Energy, Global Issues Affecting all of Us, Money, Solar Power, Technology, The Middle EastAn Arabic prophesy half way in the making? of a monetary glitch in the status quo? I wrote the article for the Al Jarida newspaper of Kuwait and it was published on Saturday 24 January 2015. It’s a further development of my previous blog on how technology is changing the way the energy market operates…
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2015: The Year For the Downside of Solar Energy and the Upside of Banking
How financial success for some doesn’t equate to project success for others. Photographer: Chris Sattlberger/Getty Images Downside of Solar? Yes, downside. The side where you slide down and things get easier and more efficient, and lower priced, and better, and people want more of it. That’s what is happening with solar power. Look at this…
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Is the US Oil Sector in Denial?
The ponzi of fracking and how it keeps the petrodollar alive. I came across an interesting article in my email the other morning about how higher energy taxes threaten US shale boom, and I was intrigued not really by the message, but by how the message was being delivered. Being close to the oil sector myself…
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Discussion with Kuwaiti Member of Parliament
An insiders view of the workings of the only democracy of the Arab world. A few nights ago I met up with recently elected member of Kuwait parliament the Right Honourable Nawaf Al Fuzaia. We discussed many things, one of which was about the prospect of doubling of the budget for the Government of Kuwait over the next 10…
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Burqa Woman
An observation of roles of the masculine and the feminine – in a Middle East airport I’m sitting at Arrivals with my regulation Starbucks semi-daily black brew. No sugar. Grande. I’m waiting. All nationalities are arriving. It’s busy. I’m observing. Looking. Staring. A couple emerge. Business or married I can’t tell. Either way it’s not…
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The Dark Side of Green
When the green movement has dark secrets I posted a comment here about the real costs of burning hydrocarbons. It was in response to discussion on subsidies on green energy technologies, global warming and everything in between. https://www.linkedin.com/groupItem?view=&gid=62696&type=member&item=25411493&commentID=20660457&goback=.nmp_*1_*1_*1&report.success=8ULbKyXO6NDvmoK7o030UNOYGZKrvdhBhypZ_w8EpQrrQI-BBjkmxwkEOwBjLE28YyDIxcyEO7_TA_giuRN#commentID_20660457 @Brian and @Brennan love the way you think. Clear, clean, concise. Brennan you’d never hit below the…
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Great People – Dean Karmen
Inspiration arrives from innovation, including innovating how to engage with people You can learn about a guy called Dean Karmen from a book called Project Ginger: about how Dean made the Segway (and other neat inventions). It’s thanks to people like Dean Karmen that we get to experience marvellous miracle technology as common place after millions…
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Know your Army…
Know your army before declaring War – Jamal Al Ajmi, Kuwait, 2009
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The surge of US troops in Afghanistan is fundamentally flawed
The US – again – misreading a nation, or is there another agenda? Why? Because the strategy is short term focused, and forgets about what is really going on: a nation of disgruntled people with not much else to do, except wait for an exceptionally bleak future to roll over them. This disgruntled state is…
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The Business of War
Profit is proceeds from investment – regardless of activity Waging war, being aggressive, using force is one of the oldest methods of trying to instil “obedience” or servitude in another. We do it between nations, inside our companies, our institutions, our schools and even within our families. On a national scale, of course you want…
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Lost in Translation
How language barriers can be used for extortion, but cultural ties are stronger I had a very interesting experience the other night when buying a Viva internet account here in Al Khout, Fahaheel, Kuwait. It was one of those small shopping kiosks you see spread along the center of the mall. After I establishing that…
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